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Take black Pepper and Cloves in Powder a q. f. 
Make them into a Cataplafm with the White 
of an Egg, and apply it to the Side to re- 
move Stitches. 
Take long Pepper and white Hellebore a gj. 
Marjoram §fs. Make a Sneezing Powder to 
be ufed in fleepy Affe&ions. 
Take black and long Pepper a 33. the Root of 
Arum, Pellitory, Cubebs, and Cardamoms, 
a 5ij. Spirit of Sal Ammoniack |ij. redlified 
Spirit of Wine §vj. Let them macerate to- 
gether for eight Days, and then decanting the 
Tin&ure add Oil of Amber and Lavender a 
3 ij. Make a Liniment to be rubbed upon 
paralytick Limbs. 
We have likewife another Kind of Pepper called 
Piper Athiopicum , Ethiopian Pepper. Piper JEthi- 
opieum Jiliquofum , J. B. It grows in long, Bender, 
round, blackifh Pods, which hang together in 
Clutters. It was well known to the Arabians , and 
the Ethiopians ufe it againft the Tooth-ache ; but 
it is feldom an Ingredient in Medicines *. 
Some Years ago, a fmall Fruit or Kind of Berry 
was brought from the Eland of Jamaica , under the 
Name of Jamaica Pepper •, though it is entirely 
different from the feveral Species of Pepper above- 
mentioned. In the Shops it is called Pimenta or 
Piper Jamaicenfe. It is a round umbilicated Berry, 
gathered before it is ripe and dried in the Sun, 
generally larger than black Pepper, being fome- 
* It may be here proper to mention the Capficum or Guinea 
Pepper. Piper Indicum , Jive Calecutium y Jive Piper JiliquaJirum , 
J. B. It is much the hotteft and ftrongeft of all the Peppers, 
and might therefore be taken advantageoufly in fome Cafes as 
a Medicine ; but its Ufe at prefent is chiefly confined to the 
Kitchen. 
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